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The name of the Pentamerone comes from Greek πέντε [pénte], 'five', and ἡμέρα [hêméra], 'day'. It is structured around a fantastic frame story, in which fifty stories are related over the course of five days, in analogy with the ten-day structure of the much earlier Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio (1353). The frame story is that ...
Sun, Moon, and Talia (Italian: Sole, Luna, e Talia) is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile and published posthumously in the last volume of his 1634-36 work, the Pentamerone. Charles Perrault retold this fairy tale in 1697 as Sleeping Beauty, as did the Brothers Grimm in 1812 as Little Briar Rose.
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Giambattista Basile (15 February 1566 (date of baptism) [1] – February 1632) was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector. His collections include the oldest recorded forms of many well-known (and more obscure) European fairy tales. [2]
Cannetella is a Neapolitan literary fairy tale told by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone. [1] Andrew Lang included it in The Grey Fairy Book, as collected by Hermann Kletke. [2] Another version of this tale is told in A Book of Wizards, by Ruth Manning-Sanders
The Golden Root [1] or The Golden Trunk [2] (Neapolitan: Lo turzo d'oro; Italian: Il ceppo d'oro) [3] is a literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in the Pentamerone, as the fourth story of the fifth day.
The Raven is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone. [1] The story is a man winning a bride for his brother the king, and then having to protect the couple from perils that he can not tell anyone about, without being turned to stone. It is Aarne-Thompson type 516. [2]
The Young Slave is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone. [1] It is Aarne-Thompson type 709, Snow White; other variants include Bella Venezia and Myrsina. [2] The tale is based in Italy, and is often cited as one of the first Snow White stories to exist.